意味(日本語)

生体解剖 ◇vivi＋sect(＝分ける)

語源

• sec-, sect- : L.secare = to cut(切る)

意味(英語)

• (noun) The act or practice of cutting into or otherwise injuring living animals, especially for the purpose of scientific research.

例文

• In fact, the number of security personnel, members of the media, and casual observers may have surpassed that of actual demonstrators, but more protesters arrived over the next hour, carrying signs with such slogans as “vivisection is scientific fraud” and “we cannot cure humans by torturing animals.”